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News Brief: Jeff McGill turned a street dice game into a successful casino game business.

News Brief: A group of California tribes and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are near agreement on a deal that could immediately deliver $1 billion or more to the state while lifting the lid on slot machines for Indian casinos.

News Brief: The state Supreme Court today split 3-3 on a lawsuit that could have triggered closing American Indian casinos in Wisconsin.

News Brief: It now appears there will be no vote this week on expanded gambling in Pennsylvania.

News Brief: Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and top administration officials told a key House committee that they are willing to bend on virtually every aspect of their gambling plan except for increasing taxes.

News Brief: With video lottery terminals a looming possibility for Michigan horse tracks, new racetrack applications are already racing to get a piece of the action.

One of Las Vegas' most popular trade shows is getting a new home.

News Brief: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has rejected a request by the Wyandotte Nation to grant a temporary restraining order to prevent the closure of its downtown casino.

News Brief: The Seminole Tribe of Florida will be the sole owner and operator of the Coconut Creek casino, under the terms of a lawsuit settlement the tribe announced Tuesday.

The city of Henderson plans to again bring up its request for $8 million in grant payments from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to help pay for a proposed public plaza adjacent to its City Hall.

News Brief: Wagering from the United States on the Dubai World Cup program from Nad al Sheba on March 27 totaled $2,413,588 for six races, a 2.3% increase over last year’s figures.

News Brief: The Kentucky House of Representatives killed a bill that included a Senate-added amendment that would have allowed the state to set up a wagering hub possibly at the Kentucky Horse Park on Monday night.

News Brief: It's been nearly two months since Michael Feinstein pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and stealing over $100,000 from the Ottumwa Regional Health Foundation while he served as the group's president.

News Brief: Members of the Association of Racing Commissioners International and the North American Pari-Mutuel Regulators Association begin a historic first joint conference in New Orleans on Thursday.

News Brief: The Baltimore City Council has approved a new development plan sought by owners of Pimlico Race Course, who plan to spend $400 million to expand the 140-acre site.

LottoCowboy.com allows gamblers easy online access to the lotteries in Florida, Texas, and the SuperLotto in California.

News Brief: Dozens of Cook County suburbs can't wait for the $18 million-plus they stand to get from a Rosemont casino after it opens, and they plan on sending that message today to critics of the project.

Venetian owner Sheldon Adelson's long-planned second megaresort on the Las Vegas Strip will have 53 stories and will top Steve Wynn's Wynn Las Vegas hotel-casino across the street by 105 feet, according to an architectural draft of the project submitted to Clark County planners.

ews Brief: The Isleta Casino Resort has pulled a controversial TV ad that promoted gambling as a financial solution to people who are short on cash or deeply in debt.

News Brief: Every day, tour buses bring hundreds of people to Mississippi Coast casinos.